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Show Tuesday, February 23, 1999 The Daily k. H i Utah Chronicle - B3 '' inally, ncwlyweds have devised a way to make their honeymoon last longer and pay it off at the same time! Actually, it's still in the experimental phase, but the results look good. Starry-eye- d college couples everywhere keep getting hitched and inventing ways to survive on nothing but love for one or two weeks and relish every minute of it. But what happens after that? The partner who pays the bills finds him- - or herself even more impoverished than before the wedding and; in most cases, neither partner is ready to go home and face "real married life" yet. Tim and Kim Kitley of Provo stumbled onto a honeymoon idea last summer that just might revolutionize honeymooning as we know it. Just to give you the basic idea, they were married May 4, 1998 and left on their honeymoon two days later. After an exciting trip, they returned to Utah several hundred dollars richer than when they started. Sound too good to be true? Just hear me out and you can decide for in They were mid-Augu- st married May 4, 1998 and left on their honeymoon two days later. after an exciting trip, they returned to utah in st mid-augu- and Tim Kitley, left and right, pose outside the tiny store where they worked to support themselves during their extended honeymoon. Kim to decide between Alaska and Maine, and we chose Maine because it was farther away," Kim said. The goal was to travel south through Texas, Louisiana and Florida, then up the Atlantic coast to Maine where they would hopefully find jobs and spend the summer. Acadia National Park sounded intriguing to both of them, so off they went, unsure of what would happen. During this phase of the trip, the usual honeymoon misadventures occurred. Tim recalls checking into a motel in Texas where, upon trying to locate the television remote, he found a dirty sock instead. The room was and had filthy and cockroach-infeste- d no hot water. To make matters worse, the next several hundred dollars richer than when they started. The two started their adventure with no solid plans except a general idea of where they wanted to go. Where they wanted to go was as far away from Utah as possible. "We tried morning they went downstairs to claim their complimentary breakfast only to hear the manager say in broken English, "Breakfast stop at nine!" In their journal, Kim gives this advice: "The moral to this story is pay five dollars more and sleep at a Best Western!" The Kitlcys saved money by camping most of the time. Granted, this is not the mode of travel everyone prefers, but for those with an adventurous spirit who arc willing to put up with a little body odor, it makes for a fun and unique trip. It's not as bad as it sounds. Many campgrounds had showers, and every three days, the couple would rent a room where they could clean up and sleep in a nice bed. The camping did have its moments. Tim recalls traveling down a lonely road in rural Louisiana, setting up camp and being awakened at 3 a.m. to the sound of local teenagers screaming and nearby. How four-wheeli- romantic! They made their way to Florida and then up the Atlantic coast, never knowing where they would stop next. Tim wrote this in their journal while camping in South Carolina: "We had no idea where we would be when we left this morning. Who knows where we'll be tomorrow. This is what makes it so fun." The fun didn't stop when they arrived in Maine, cither. They began their trip wanting somehow to find jobs and live for a couple months in Acadia National Park but, upon arrival, they weren't exactly sure how that was going to happen. Tim had heard of college students who worked in and around Acadia National Park during the summer, and he'd heard there were always plenty of jobs available. But no arrangements had been made beforehand so neither Kim nor Tim was sure what would happen. Finding work was easy. After passing several "help wanted" signs on the way into the park, they decided to take a job offer on Mount Desert Island. The job involved making sandwiches and pizza and clerking at a tiny local store called Town Hill Market. They worked six days a week from 2 to 9 p.m. but they loved it since they were working together. Mornings they were free to go hiking or do whatever they wanted and, in the spirit of a true honeymoon, they were never separated. While finding work was not hard, finding an affordable place to live was. They found a handful of vacant apart- sec HONEYMOON page B7 WANTED: STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITH BIZARRE, UNUSUAL OR JUST PLAIN INTERESTING HOBBIES AND JOBS. CONTACT CHRONICLE PHOTOGRAPHER KEITH JOHNSON AT 581-704- OR 1 KEITH0HNSOHMSN.COM. GET IN THE CHRONY... GET SHOT! i i L- -- (&iIliiR9lffll0G Bob 5 never picks up a Chronicle... and it shows. . j j ;.,,, , v i" i III... j r ; 4""" t r': |
